Irene Farmachidi's interpretation of the beautiful portrait of the elegant Mr Sériziat is a masterpiece of sensitivity and sophistication: she captures the almost dandyish elegance of the subject while going deeper than appearances to touch his soul.
Her composition is a complex, masterful, perfectly balanced and unexpectedly ambiguous blend of musk, woods, spices and amber.
The story behind the painting perfumes
"We asked perfumers to translate their ideas, feelings, images and emotions into fragrances inspired by a few carefully selected masterpieces of painting. These paintings are the inspiration for four men's fragrances, which will later be followed by four women's fragrances based on four different paintings, some also from the Louvre, others from other collections.
Each painting evokes a particular character, era or mood (Venice, a battlefield, France, the English countryside, etc.) that each perfumer can use to express themselves.
Cécile Zarokian gave me her “Blue Boy”, which I had to call “Bleu Satin” for copyright reasons, Nathalie Feisthauer composed Géricault's fighting horseman with the name “Cuir Cavalier” and Titian's “L'Homme aux Gants”." – Claude Marchal
